These are difficult times for fans of the Farrelly brothers, and horrendous times for fans of Owen Wilson. Wilson is appallingly miscast in this depressing middle-aged guys' comedy; unable to deploy any of his trademarked lazy-smoothie-achiever style. He uncomfortably plays Rick, a regular married man with two sweet kids. He and his married buddy Fred (Jason Sudeikis) are faithful, but still infuriate their long-suffering wives (Jenna Fischer and Christina Applegate) with their idle leching after other women. So these wives give them a "hall pass": for one week only, they get a bachelor holiday from married life, no questions asked. The gags are stale and the sentimental ending feeble. Old School and The 40 Year Old Virgin did it all better. Britain's Stephen Merchant gets the best of things, as one of their friends; he has a respectable joke about Björk and gets a "deleted" scene of his own which plays over the final credits.